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Global System to Combat Crypto-Driven Money Laundering in Development

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
2 years ago
in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency news
Reading Time: 3min read
Global System to Combat Crypto-Driven Money Laundering in Development

One of the biggest concerns of companies like Chainalysis is the heightened risk of money laundering enabled by cryptocurrency.

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Regulators across the globe and in the United States are taking a tougher stance on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ever since the news broke that Facebook would be launching a crypto asset of their own, sparking widespread outrage and concern.

While power and privacy are the main concerns over Facebook’s libra crypto token, Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market is being given a bad rap for its involvement in illicit crimes, such as ransomware, tax evasion, and money laundering. To further combat money laundering facilitated through crypto assets, 15 different countries have come together to create a crypto monitoring system.

FATF to Manage New Global Crypto System To Combat Money Laundering

Fifteen total countries, including G7 members, have pledged their support in creating a new system to combat crypto-based money laundering across the globe. The system is still quite a ways off and scheduled to roll out “a few years later” after “measures” are detailed by 2020, suggesting that the system won’t see the light of day until earliest 2023 – barring any major setbacks along the way.

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The system would collect and analyze transactional data from individuals who use crypto assets to move funds around the world, and would be managed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 aimed at thwarting international money laundering and terrorism financing. As technologies advance, such is the case with crypto and blockchain, the systems FATF uses to prevent the crimes from occurring or gather evidence after the fact must improve as well.

Earlier in the year, FATF issued a controversial requirement that all “virtual asset service providers,” namely crypto exchanges and other crypto-buying and selling platforms, must pass along private customer data involving crypto transactions. The data required includes sender, beneficiary, account numbers, and other transactional data.

US To Support Initiative, Says Bitcoin Is Worse Than Cash For Money Laundering

Following additional meetings with G7 representatives this past month, United States Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin used the shared concerns his peers had at a recent summit set to discuss crypto-based money laundering, to further bash Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The Secretary also made some stark warnings to crypto exchanges that don’t comply with the rules defined by FATF.

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Mnuchin plans on holding crypto exchanges as accountable for following regulatory guidelines, much as traditional finance and banks are.

“We’re going to make sure that bitcoin doesn’t become the equivalent of Swiss-numbered bank accounts, which were obviously a risk to the financial system,” he said.

Mnuchin is hell-bent on blindly attacking crypto, as is evident by his refusal to entertain that US dollars – cold, hard cash – are used for money laundering as much or more than cryptocurrencies over the years.

Tags: bitcoincryptofatfFinancial Action Task ForceG7Money LaunderingSteven Mnuchin
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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a digital media executive and global remote work leader with a decade of content experience and excellent. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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